Sociology

this book exposes the epistemic interactivism of Esan thought which unified the subject and person-object of knowledge on cognitive and moral grounds; thus providing an adequate basis for personhood and resolving the dehumanised relationship between the subject and person-object of knowledge in the traditional theories of representation . Within the context of epistemic injustices, this book analyses the interactivist epistemology of indigenous Esan thought as an alternative epistemological conception of the person-object of knowledge which resolves the deficiency of the traditional theories of representation .

Artur Rodziewicz Eros and the Pearl

The Yezidi Cosmogonic Myth at the Crossroads of Mystical Traditions

2022, 548 pp .

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Eros and the Pearl is the first monograph devoted to the Yezidi cosmogonic myth . It is based on the author’s field research among the Yezidi people in Iraq, Turkey, Georgia, and Armenia . The author focuses on the analysis of

Coming soon the cosmogonic motif of Pearl and Love and, referring to various source materials, traces the presence of analogous threads in other religious traditions, esp . Yarsanism, Mandaeism, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, as well as the Greek philosophical concepts of Eros and the primordial One that influenced Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Early Christianity, and Sufism . Demonstrating the complexity of the Yezidi tradition, the author also points to Harranian ‘Sabians’ as those who may have contributed to its beliefs at the beginning of the formation of the Yezidi religion . Sara Faridzadeh Die Grenzen des Fremden

Konstruktionen der Fremdheit in iranischen Reiseberichten des 19 . Jahrhunderts

Berlin, 2021 . 352 S ., 4 Tab .

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Dieses Buch handelt von Grenz- und Fremdheitskonstruktionen in iranischen Europa- und Russlandreiseberichten des 19 . Jahrhunderts . Mittels einer textanalytischen Herangehensweise und anhand der theoretischen Fokussierung auf zwei Konzepte, nämlich die «kulturelle und soziale Fremdheit» und die «Grenze», versucht die Autorin die Entwicklung der iranischen Gesellschaft im Laufe des 19 . Jahrhunderts zu rekonstruieren . Ziel ist es, die damalige iranische Gesellschaft und die Besonderheiten ihrer Geschichte, im Hinblick auf ihre äußeren und fremden Begegnungen mit andersartigen Kulturräumen zu erforschen . Zwar folgt die Studie primär einem soziologischen Ansatz, konnte aber den historischen Kontext der Ereignisse und die literarische Beschaffenheit der Reisetexte nicht unbeachtet lassen .

Pascaline Gaborit• Donath Olomi (eds.) Learning from Resilience Strategies in Tanzania

An outlook of International Development Challenges

Open Access

Bruxelles, 2022 . 380 pp ., 15 fig . col ., 9 fig . b/w, 20 tables .

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Tanzania has been considered a model for development, peace, and stability despite the arrival of refugees from neighboring countries and the potential tensions related to climate change . Although it has accessed the rank of middleincome country, Tanzania still faces several challenges, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic . The book aims at analyzing these challenges as well as the country’s successes through a multi-disciplinary approach considering economic perspectives as well as conflict prevention, dialogue

integration, climate change adaptation, forests’ protection, and social perspectives – especially relating to women and girls . The current Covid situation has shaken the whole world and raised many questions on how the different regions and countries could adapt and develop resilience strategies in an uncertain and ever-changing context . Therefore, the book is not only about Tanzania but also about what we can learn from the research on Tanzania in terms of vulnerabilities and resilience strategies . This book is an outlook of International Development Challenges . This book is co-funded by the European Union in the framework of the project Pilot 4 Research and Dialogue .

This book is a collective book gathering more than twelve multi-disciplinary and experienced authors and co-authors . It is edited by DR. PASCALINE GABORIT, researcher, co-founder and director of Pilot4dev www .pilot4dev .com and DR. DONATH OLOMI, director of IMED Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development .

Adriana Mica• Katarzyna M. Wyrzykowska• Rafał Wiśniewski• Iwona Zielińska (eds.) Sociology of the Invisible Hand

Berlin, 2018 . 429 pp ., 12 fig . b/w, 13 tables Studies in Philosophy, Culture and Contemporary Society. Vol. 20

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This book illustrates the applicability of the seminal and controversial metaphor of the «invisible hand» in modern sociological theory . It shows that sociologists have long been part of a field mainly associated with economists and political philosophers . Though unlike the framing that builds directly on Adam Smith, sociological theory focuses on undesirable and perverse outcomes . Furthermore, the sociological angle favors the explanation of invisible hand-like mechanisms as contingent upon social structures and broader processes . Thus, it goes beyond its classical formulation in terms of interdependence, interaction and aggregation of individual actions . This book gathers contributions of remarkable authors who are linked directly either with the invisible hand metaphor, with the spontaneous order phenomenon or with the unintended consequences issue and aims to describe the traditional and contemporary applicability of the sociological framing of the invisible hand for social sciences . Mikołaj Pawlak Tying Micro and Macro

What Fills up the Sociological Vacuum?

Berlin, 2018, 272 p ., 3 b/w ill ., 6 b/w tab . Studies in Philosophy, Culture and Contemporary Society. Vol. 18

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This study critically discusses the thesis on the sociological vacuum formulated by Stefan Nowak . The author’s aim is to refute the claim that the sociological vacuum is relevant for major social processes occurring in Poland . He presents the sociological vacuum in the context of the debate on micro and macro levels and discusses how the theory of fields and social network analysis is useful to reconcile the micro-macro divide . The book considers the uses of the sociological vacuum in explaining such phenomena as the Solidarność social movement, civil society, social capital, and democracy . In the empirical part, the author confronts the data on identifications with the data on relations and claims that the vacuum is not in the society but it in sociology .

Robert E. Rinehart• Jacquie Kidd• Karen N. Barbour (eds.) Ethnographic Borders and Boundaries

Permeability, Plasticity, and Possibilities

Oxford, 2021 . XVI, 412 pp ., 14 fig . col ., 9 fig . b/w .

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Immigrants, migrants, displaced, and diasporic persons: all have been constrained or enabled by borders of some sort . This book explores international cases of how and why such boundaries come to be; who is affected by socially constructed borders; what it means to individuals and nation-states to recognise and deal with arbitrary divisions; and finally, what might be done to find – and act on – solutions to the inequity wrought by these borders and boundaries .